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Each Wednesday, another guest will step Inside the Youth Minister's
Studio. This experience is designed to document
both where we have been been as well as where we are going as a
profession and a field. TO DOWNLOAD THE PODCASTS, right click on
the link and "save as..."
 Wednesday,
April 16, 2008
INSIDE A CROWDED PHONE BOOTH:
BISHOPS ON CONFIRMATION
LINK:
here
(The podcast lasts 10:07 minutes and is 9.26mb, taped 04/14/08 in Baltimore, MD) IN THE CROWDED PHONE BOOTH: The
topic of the day is the Sacrament of Confirmation. Talking about it (from left
to right) are: Bishop Denis Madden (bio
here); Bishop Mitchell Rozanski (bio
here); and Bishop Francis Malooly (bio
here);
QUOTE TO NOTE: 
ROZANSKI: Help to encourage me as a bishop to say that out faith is
alive, our faith is young, and that our faith is being spread in a wonderful and
being lived in the lives of our young people.
MADDEN: (Young peoples’) level of commitment to the church, to the parish, and
to the community in their service projects is really astounding.
MALOOLY: If you get nothing else out of the program and out of the reception of
the sacrament other than to develop a lifetime habit of service, I’ll go away
happy. To me, when you serve the needs of others, you best imitate what Jesus
did day-in and day-out.
OTHER NOTE:
All of this
serves as a follow-up to last year's
Bishops'
Summit on the Sacrament of
Confirmation.
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read
here for April 16.
 Wednesday,
February 27, 2008
DR. EDWARD HAHNENBERG
LINK:
here (The podcast lasts 6:54 minutes and is
6.47mb,
taped 02/21/08 in Baltimore) BIO:
Dr. Edward P. Hahnenberg is assistant professor of theology at
Xavier University (where he teaches in
the areas of theological foundations, ecclesiology, liturgy, and sacraments. He
received his Ph.D. in theology from the University of Notre Dame in 2002. Dr.
Hahnenberg served as consultant to the U.S. Bishops' Subcommittee on Lay
Ministry in its preparation of the recent document
Co-Workers in the
Vineyard of the Lord: A Resource for Guiding the Development of Lay Ecclesial
Ministry. He is the author of two books--Ministries:
A Relational Approach and
A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II
QUOTE TO NOTE: We as a Church, in 2,000 years, have
tried to figure out what discipleship means to follow Christ. I don’t think we
figure it out. I think we are working on it, always working on it. Discipleship
is a life of love lived in imitation of Jesus. It is to love like Jesus loved
and live like Jesus loved.
OBSCURE FACTOID:
Edward came to the attention of many when he presented at the
Lay Ministry Symposium in Collegeville, an event we previously discussed with
Charlotte McCorquodale
and
Jeff
Kaster.
BEHIND THE SCENES: As stated
this was taped after a Co-Workers gathering in my home diocese. I'm
beginning to always carry the digital recorded and more boldly invite folks into
the studio. Edward was generous - - he didn't know of the site or
the podcast but agreed anyway.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for February 27.
Wednesday,
February 20, 2008
ANSEL AUGUSTINE
LINK:
here (The podcast lasts 9:25 minutes and is
8.83mb,
taped 02/02/08 in Little Rock, AR) BIO:
Ansel J. Augustine, MPS presently works as the coordinator for
Black Youth & Young Adult Ministry in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He also
works with the Campus Ministry at Xavier University of Louisiana. He worked in
youth ministry for six years at his home church, St. Peter Claver Church in New
Orleans, LA. Ansel received his Master’s Degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola
University of New Orleans, and his Certificate in Youth Ministry from Xavier
University of Louisiana’s Institute for Black Catholic Studies. He is also on
the Faculty for the Institute for Black Catholic Studies. Ansel has also
published various articles related to ministry and has done various workshops,
conferences, and retreats around the country. Learn more about Ansel at
www.holyhotboy.com
QUOTE TO NOTE: Home, for me, even though I am
physically back in my neighborhood, and my city. . . Home, for me, is being with
the people you love and care about, No matter where I was at, I was “home” with
family and friends. .the Bible reminds us that “wherever two or more are
gathered in my name, I am there. . . God is home
OBSCURE FACTOID:
When I had invited Ansel to tape a podcast, I had not visited
with him much in advance. Therefore, I had no idea about his role in the
NCYC dance and how much Katrina would play into our conversation. (which, after
the fact, merits a d'oh!)
BEHIND THE SCENES: This was taped outside a lunch at the NFCYM meeting in
Little Rock. While there is background noise, it is less than last week's
podcast.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for February 20th.
 Wednesday,
February 13, 2008
BRIAN JOHNSON
LINK:
here (The podcast lasts
7:33 minutes and is 7.08mb,
taped 02/01/08 in Little Rock, AR) BIO:
Brian Keith
Johnson currently serves as the director of the Office of Youth Ministry for the
Diocese of Galveston-Houston. Brian has previously served as the coordinator of
youth ministry at the parishes of St. Cecilia and St. Gregory the Great
in Baltimore. Over the years, he has been a national and international keynote
speaker, workshop presenter, retreat master and revivalist. He facilitated World
Youth Day Catechetical Sessions at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado (1993),
was one of two representatives from the United States to participate in the
International Youth Forum in Manila, Philippines (January 5-10, 1995), and was a
keynote presenter for the National Black Catholic Congress in Baltimore (1997),
and the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry in Pittsburgh (2004).
QUOTE TO NOTE: (describing adolescent discipleship) Young
people are on fire for their faith, in love with their church, even in the midst
of struggle, in the midst of controversies. They are centered, their faith is
centered is being Christ-like to other, sharing their compassion, love, concern
for the well-being and the faith-life of others. To be disciples, they are
mimicking Christ. And in mimicking Christ, not only are they becoming disciples,
but hopefully, like Christ, they are calling forth disciples.
OBSCURE FACTOID:
One of my favorite Brian Johnson moments was when he took
the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry stage in Pittsburgh, and, in
song, word, and presentation encouraged the field. It was wonderful to
hear that it was a favorite moment for Brian as well.
BEHIND THE SCENES: A session at the NFCYM meeting in
Little Rock had just broken up and Brian and I sat down in the midst of the
crowd-- therefore the background noise.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for February 13th.
Wednesday,
February 6, 2008
CHRIS WEBER
LINK:
here (The podcast lasts 10:49 minutes and
is 10.14mb, taped 01/21/08 via phone)
BIO:
Chris Weber is Coordinator of Youth
and Young Adult Ministry at
Muscatine Catholic
Community in Muscatine, Iowa. He serve on the executive
committee (secretary) on the leadership team of the National Association
of Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders (NACYML)
and blogs regularly
here, More about Chris
here
QUOTE TO NOTE: The words disciple and discipline come from the
same place, so that's part of it. . . little things that we do,
disciplines that we practice- even those are designed to help us orient
our lives to Christ- - to form our hearts after his heart.
OBSCURE FACTOID:
Chris and I have swapped e-mails off and I throughout the past
year or so. He has helped to make the web-site more interactive
(for me); a functionality that I would hope to bring (with Chris'
explicit encouragement) to the site for you.
BEHIND THE SCENES: The interview had quite the set of
starts and stops. We both took turns sidetracking the conversation
and there was at least one solid interruption in the cubicle during
taping. Still working on equalizing voice levels.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for February 6th.
 Wednesday,
January 30, 2008
D. SCOTT MILLER
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts
13;23 minutes and is 12.55mb,
taped 12/31/07 via phone - hosted by Mike Patin) BIO:
(find it all here.) D.
Scott Miller is the coordinator for adolescent faith formation
for the
Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry of the
Archdiocese of Baltimore. His responsibilities
include the areas of
adolescent catechesis and
confirmation. With
over thirty years of youth ministry experience on the parish
and diocesan levels, Scott previously served on the staff of the
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, Inc as director of membership services.
His responsibilities there included management of all aspects of
the
National Conferences on Catholic Youth Ministry (2000-2004) and the
New Diocesan
Directors' Institute He
maintains a daily web-blog at
www.catholicYMblog.com as well as offers week podcasts
interviews with youth ministry characters "Inside the Youth
Ministers' Studio" at
www.insideYMstudio.com. Scott is the proud
father of Nichole, 22, Clark, 21, and Meghan, 16.
QUOTE TO NOTE: (what have you learned in providing this
auxiliary service of the web site?) There is a virtual community that is
gathered around the web site. And I have been blessed to be a minister
in service to this virtual community. I get these funny, great,
lovely, encouraging e-mails from different folks thanking me for the
service, making suggestions, telling which way I should go, and
correcting my spelling errors. . . I never understood virtual
communities or social networking until this experience. Web sites
like this are a means by which we can gather folks into learning
communities. . . It's all full of possibilities. OBSCURE FACTOID:
I started podcasting and posting on Wednesdays for a few
specific reasons. Wednesday seemed to be a good point in the
middle of the week. It allowed me a few days after the weekend if
a special guest came into town and recorded an interview. AND, I
knew my 50th birthday wuld be on a Wednesday, and that this might be a
gift to myself. I truly appreciated Mike Patin in playing along.
BEHIND THE SCENES: The interview does have a format
of questions which each interviewee gets in advance. There is,
however, the intention of a conversation and sometimes other questions
pop up. Mike attempted to give me one or two of his off-format
questions in advance, but I didn't want them- trying to take the
interviewee role as every other previous "quest" experiences them BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for January 30th.
Wednesday,
January 23, 2008
LEE NAGEL
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts
10:021 minutes and is 9.41mb,
taped 01/15/08 via phone) BIO:
A faith filled storyteller, Leland Nagel has held a variety of
positions on both the diocesan and university level. He served for 15
years as director of Total Catholic Education for the Diocese of Green
Bay. He
recently began his latest role as the executive director of
National Conference of
Catechetical Leaders
(NCCL). Lee Nagel is an educator
by profession, a catechist by vocation, a teacher by trade, and an
evangelist by Baptism.
QUOTE TO NOTE: (on the future:) We are becoming far less
compartmentalized. The National Directory has this wonderful line about
that we should not be in water-tight compartments. (Long before Hillary
Clinton talked about the “whole village”), we, as a church, believed and
understood that in terms of our Rite of Christian Initiation. But, I
think that sense is coming back, whether it would be that we are going
to be more intergenerational. OBSCURE FACTOID:
Regarding the 1982 New Orleans NCCYM (and NO, really, no
one wants to know how old or unborn you were back then...) The whole
conference pretty much stayed at this one hotel. The whole
conference pretty much hit Bourbon Street hard on the last night.
The whole conference had a moment of confusion, however, when they
returned late at night as the hotel's lobby had been redecorated for
Christmas in our absence.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Still working on the transfer of
the digital recording from my recorder to my editor. There is a
buzz in the background that gets picked up in the transfer. BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for January 23th.
Wednesday,
January 16, 2008
ROBERT FEDUCCIA
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts 8:40 minutes and is 8.13mb, taped 01/11/08 in
Ocean City, MD) BIO:
Robert Feduccia Jr. founded the Youth Liturgical Leadership Program
at Saint Meinrad School of Theology. Through his work as a parish youth
minister, his leadership of liturgical conferences for youth, and
internships for college students, he has invited young people into
relationship with the Lord and the Church through liturgical prayer.
Robert is now the general manager for
spiritandsong.com, a
division of OCP, and he continues to realize his passion of drawing
people into a relationship with God through prayer and worship.
QUOTE TO NOTE: (On discipleship: ) A great spiritual writer said
that being holy is really something that is very easy. He talks about
the sacrament of the moment – living in the moment and being fully aware
and sating “yes” to the right thing; doing the right thing just in every
moment. OBSCURE FACTOID:
There have been just a few other internet content providers
interviewed in the Studio. Robert is the host of The Commons, a
videocast featuring OCP folks and their songs. Some are
here but
the full slate can be found as a Member Perk of joining up with
spiritandsong.com
BEHIND THE SCENES: I'm working with a new digital voice
recorder now. Still working on understanding how to adjust the mic
levels regarding background noise. BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for January 16th.
 Tuesday,
December 11, 2007
VALLIMAR JANSEN
LINK: here. (The podcast lasts
12:26 minutes and is 11.66mb,
taped 09/10/07) BIO:
ValLimar has a long history of singing sacred music, starting
from the age of five. She received most of her training in music and
performance from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She has sung and
toured professionally throughout the United States, Switzerland, France,
Germany, Belgium and Japan. She played the role of Beneatha with the
Broadway touring cast in the European premier of Raisin. She went
on to co-author a one-woman musical about the life of Ethel Waters that
received a special commendation from the Kennedy Center in Washington,
D.C. She has keynoted and led prayer abd song at many liturgical
and pastoral conferences, including NCYC.
QUOTES TO NOTE: How can I today create disciples>
It’s going to change the way I behave. It’s going to change the way I
think. It’s going to change what I do at work, It’s going to dictate to
me how my life is lived on a 24/7 basis.
BEHIND THE SCENES: There seems to be a new learning
curve for the new computer and the mic. You might have to turn the
volume up.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for December 11th.

Sunday,
December 9, 2007
CHARLOTTE MC CORQUODALE
LINK:
here. (The podcast lasts
12:03 minutes and is 10.30mb,
taped 09/10/07) BIO:
Dr. Charlotte McCorquodale, Ph.D.
serves as president of the board of directors for
Ministry Training
Source, a nonprofit organization committed to the education and
formation of lay ecclesial ministers. As co-founder and Director of
Program Development and Research for Ministry Training Source, she
serves as a national trainer and consultant for the field of lay
ecclesial ministry.
QUOTES TO NOTE: We are going to see a real focus
back on relational youth ministry. I think we are going to see a shift
from programs. Not that programs are bad… Large mega-programs have their
value, but have the become the measure of our success? Have we lost the
one-on-one? How do we enable parish community to have one-on-one
relationship with kids?
BEHIND THE SCENES: As an aside to our conversations
at the NFCYM, I shared with Charlotte that I had begun to reach critical
mass on blogging/ podcasting / slidesharing. . . . Little did I know
back then . . . It's taken a while to edit this and post it up.
Sorry Charlotte.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for December 9th.
Wednesday,
September 26, 2007
JEFF KASTER
LINK:
here. (The podcast lasts
11:19 minutes and is 10.60mb,
taped 08/29/07) BIO:
Jeffrey Kaster is
director of Youth in
Theoloy and Ministry at Saint John’s University School of
Theology-Seminary, Collegeville, Minnesota. He is actively
involved in the work associated with
competency
based standards for those involved in youth ministry as well as
convened a national
Lay
Ministry symposium.
QUOTES TO NOTE: The New Testament just does
not talk about individual disciples much. It really talks about a
community of disciples. Jesus hung out with a group and after Jesus'
death and resurrection there was a church which is a community of
disciples. I think a really good Catholic understanding of discipleship
is that it involves a community, a group of people saying we're
committed to this mission, we're committed to love God, love our
neighbor, and ourselves.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Why do we ask the disciple
question in every interview? (Even Campolo answered it without
being asked!) It was because Jeff helped to pose the concern in
this article
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for September 25th.
Wednesday,
September 12, 2007
TONY CAMPOLO PART II
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts
9:11 minutes and is 8.60mb,
taped 08/22/07) BIO:
See below on September 5.
QUOTES TO NOTE: Every heresy is built on a neglected truth
of Christianity. I contest that the “new age movement,” recognizing that
main-line Christianity has downplayed the spiritual ecstasy of the
individual. (They) have moved in and said, “We’re going to make a market
where Christianity has failed to take advantage of what is at the heart
of its genius.” Christ wants us to not only believe in him, Christ
wants to be in us.
Youth was made for heroism. . . We will lose this generation of young
people not because we made Christianity too hard for them. We will lose
this generation of young people if we make Christianity too easy for
them.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Last week's surprise at the end
was that it was a two-parter. After the music, we pick rght up
with last week's cliff-hanger question.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for September 12th.
Wednesday,
September 5, 2007
TONY CAMPOLO PART II
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts
9:12 minutes and is 8.61mb,
taped 08/22/07) BIO:
Tony Campolo, PhD, is professor emeritus of sociology at
Eastern University.
As a media
commentator on religious, social, and political matters, he's appeared
on numerous television programs including The Colbert Report, Nightline,
Larry King Live, CNN News, and MSNBC News. Dr. Campolo is an ordained
minister and the author of 34 books, including his most
recent, The
God of Intimacy and Action.
QUOTE TO NOTE: The “best” spirituality drives you out to
work for justice, work for the end of oppression. Let justice roll
down, let there be a commitment to that, that this is true religion,
that this is true spirituality, say the Bible, “to love justice, to do
mercy, and to walk humbly. That’s the measure of spirituality.
. . . If Christ is in you, If Christ is a driving presence in your
life, you will be somebody who is committed to the poor and oppressed. OBSCURE FACTOID:
Dr. Campolo was originally set to speak in Annapolis and I was
hoping for an actual face-to-face. Nonetheless, he stepped outside
of a busy schedule and graciously too the call mid-day from a hotel room
somewhere in middle America.
BEHIND THE SCENES: If you listen, you'll note that I
dropped my usual "format" with Dr. Campolo. There is an additional
surprise at the end as well BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for September 5th.
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WHO IS
INSIDE THE YOUTH MINISTERS' STUDIO?
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Three
Bishops on
Confirmation
04//16/08
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Katrina
Zeno
04//09/08
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Matt
Maher
04//02/08
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Tom
Booth
03//12/08
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Georgina
Vaca
03//05/08
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Edward
Hahnenberg
02//20/08
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Ansel
Augustine
02//20/08
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Brian
Johnson
02//13/08
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Chris
Weber
02//06/08
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D.
Scott Miller
01/30/08
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Lee
Nagel
01/23/08
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Robert
Feduccia
01/16/08
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ValLimar
Jansen
12/11/07
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Charlotte
McCorquodale
12/09/07
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Jeff
Kaster
09/26/07
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Tony
Campolo
09/12/07
09/05/07
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Mark
Hart
08/29/07
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Tammy
Amosson
08/15/07
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Tonita
López
08/08/07
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Tom
East
08/01/07
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Sr.
Ann Cassidy
07/18/07
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Frank
Perry
07/11/07
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Clark
Miller
07/04/07
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Kristin
Witte
06/27/07
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Clay
Imoo
06/20/07
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Dobie
Moser
06/13/07
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Bob
Perron
06/06/07
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Sr.
Jude Ruggeri
05/30/07
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Leroy
Orie
05/23/07
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Mike
Carotta
05/16/07
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Sarah
Hart
05/09/07
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Bill
Lage
05/02/07
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Kim
McMillan
04/25/07
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Steve
Angrisano
04/18/07
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Mark
Moitoza
04/11/07
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Bob
Rice
04/04/07
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Terri
Telepak
03/28/07
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Anne
Marie
Cribben
03/21/07
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Gene
Monterastelli
03/14/07
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Mike
St. Pierre
03/07/07
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Mark
Pacione
02/28/07
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Mark
Oestreicher
02/21/07
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Sr.
Eileen
McCann
02/14/07
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Michael
Hart
02/07/07
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Becki
Kamen
01/31/07
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Anna
Scally
01/24/07
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Mike
Patin
01/17/07
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Bob
McCarty
01/10/07
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Irene
Friend
01/03/07
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